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Shigeru Yamago

Shigeru Yamago

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Materials Science

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62
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6439
National Ranking
327

Chemistry

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Citations
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476

Overview

Shigeru Yamago is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans various subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics focus on several specialized areas:

  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Shigeru Yamago has contributed to a variety of recent papers, including:

  • Practical synthesis of dendritic hyperbranched polymers by reversible deactivation radical polymerization, 2021, Polymer Journal
  • A Donor-Acceptor 10-Cycloparaphenylene and Its Use as an Emitter in an Organic Light-Emitting Diode, 2023, Organic Letters
  • 1,3-Diradicals Embedded in Curved Paraphenylene Units: Singlet versus Triplet State and In-Plane Aromaticity, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Dynamic Au-C σ-Bonds Leading to an Efficient Synthesis of [n]Cycloparaphenylenes (n = 9-15) by Self-Assembly, 2022, JACS Au
  • Synthesis of Twisted [n]Cycloparaphenylene by Alkene Insertion, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors working alongside Yamago include Eiichi Kayahara, Yoshiyuki Mizuhata, Tatsuhisa Kato, Norihiro Tokitoh, and Masatoshi Tosaka, highlighting ongoing collaborative efforts within their research community.

Their research is published in notable venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Macromolecules, Angewandte Chemie, and Polymer Journal. These journals reflect a consistent engagement with both chemistry and materials science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Photoinduced biochemical activity of fullerene carboxylic acid

    Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Shigeru Yamago;Eiichi Nakamura;Takashi Shiraki

  • Synthesis of [8]cycloparaphenylene from a square-shaped tetranuclear platinum complex.

    Shigeru Yamago;Yoshiki Watanabe;Takahiro Iwamoto

  • Selective and Random Syntheses of [n]Cycloparaphenylenes (n = 8–13) and Size Dependence of Their Electronic Properties

    Takahiro Iwamoto;Yoshiki Watanabe;Youichi Sakamoto;Toshiyasu Suzuki

  • Precision Polymer Synthesis by Degenerative Transfer Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization Using Organotellurium, Organostibine, and Organobismuthine Chain-Transfer Agents

    Shigeru Yamago

  • In vivo biological behavior of a water-miscible fullerene: 14C labeling, absorption, distribution, excretion and acute toxicity

    Shigeru Yamago;Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Eiichi Nakamura;Koichi Kikuchi

  • Size‐Selective Encapsulation of C60 by [10]Cycloparaphenylene: Formation of the Shortest Fullerene‐Peapod

    Takahiro Iwamoto;Yoshiki Watanabe;Tatsuya Sadahiro;Takeharu Haino

  • Organotellurium compounds as novel initiators for controlled/living radical polymerizations. Synthesis of functionalized polystyrenes and end-group modifications.

    Shigeru Yamago;Kazunori Iida;Jun-ichi Yoshida

  • Organoplatinum-mediated synthesis of cyclic π-conjugated molecules: towards a new era of three-dimensional aromatic compounds

    Shigeru Yamago;Eiichi Kayahara;Takahiro Iwamoto

  • Biological Activity of Water-Soluble Fullerenes. Structural Dependence of DNA Cleavage, Cytotoxicity, and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities Including HIV-Protease Inhibition

    Eiichi Nakamura;Hidetoshi Tokuyama;Shigeru Yamago;Takashi Shiraki

  • Synthesis and Characterization of [5]Cycloparaphenylene

    Eiichi Kayahara;Vijay Kumar Patel;Shigeru Yamago

  • Mechanism-based invention of high-speed living radical polymerization using organotellurium compounds and azo-initiators.

    Atsushi Goto;Yungwan Kwak;Takeshi Fukuda;Shigeru Yamago

  • Tailored synthesis of structurally defined polymers by organotellurium-mediated living radical polymerization (TERP): synthesis of poly(meth)acrylate derivatives and their di- and triblock copolymers.

    Shigeru Yamago;Kazunori Iida;Jun-Ichi Yoshida

  • Organotellurium-mediated controlled/living radical polymerization initiated by direct C-Te bond photolysis.

    Shigeru Yamago;Yuu Ukai;Atsushi Matsumoto;Yasuyuki Nakamura

  • Development of organotellurium‐mediated and organostibine‐mediated living radical polymerization reactions

    Shigeru Yamago;Shigeru Yamago

  • Highly versatile organostibine mediators for living radical polymerization

    Shigeru Yamago;Biswajit Ray;Kazunori Iida;‡ Jun-ichi Yoshida

  • Recent progress in the use of photoirradiation in living radical polymerization

    Shigeru Yamago;Yasuyuki Nakamura

  • Size‐ and Orientation‐Selective Encapsulation of C70 by Cycloparaphenylenes

    Takahiro Iwamoto;Yoshiki Watanabe;Hikaru Takaya;Takeharu Haino

  • Thermal reactions of dipolar trimethylenemethane species

    Eiichi Nakamura;Shigeru Yamago

  • Thermo-responsive diblock copolymers of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrroridone) synthesized via organotellurium-mediated controlled radical polymerization (TERP)

    Shin-ichi Yusa;Shigeru Yamago;Makoto Sugahara;Sanae Morikawa

  • Size-dependent fluorescence properties of [n]cycloparaphenylenes (n = 8–13), hoop-shaped π-conjugated molecules

    Mamoru Fujitsuka;Dae Won Cho;Dae Won Cho;Takahiro Iwamoto;Shigeru Yamago

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun-ichi Yoshida
Jun-ichi Yoshida Kyoto University
Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Hidetoshi Tokuyama
Hidetoshi Tokuyama Tohoku University
Toshiyasu Suzuki
Toshiyasu Suzuki National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Mamoru Fujitsuka
Mamoru Fujitsuka Osaka University
Tetsuro Majima
Tetsuro Majima Osaka University
Takeshi Fukuda
Takeshi Fukuda Kyoto University
Masaharu Nakamura
Masaharu Nakamura Kyoto University
Takeharu Haino
Takeharu Haino Hiroshima University
Kazuyoshi Kanamori
Kazuyoshi Kanamori Kyoto University

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